Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1892 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

Shrewsbury Half Marathon (18 June 2017) – information for spectators and town centre visitors

22/05/2017

Roads in and around Shrewsbury will be temporarily closed on the morning of Sunday 18 June 2017, when hundreds of people are…

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Severn Valley Country Park to host a performance of Far From The Madding Crowd

15/05/2017
female character in a lane, from a Thomas Hardy novel

Shrewsbury-based theatre company Hotbuckle Productions will be returning to Severn Valley Country Park to perform their new adaptation of the Thomas Hardy…

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Museum and charity ensure warm welcome for visitors with hearing loss

12/05/2017
An image of 2 ladies and 1 man at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery promoting deaf awareness

Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery and local charity, Signal, are celebrating the UK’s Deaf Awareness Week in May to ensure a warm…

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Whitchurch Skate Park ramped up

11/05/2017

After many years of campaigning, Whitchurch will finally get a skate park in the town. Over the last 10 years Shropshire Council,…

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Folk music and poetry night at Severn Valley Country Park on Saturday 17 June

10/05/2017

Shropshire Council is hosting an award-winning folk music and poetry night at Severn Valley Country Park in Alveley near Bridgnorth on Saturday…

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Large increase in number of people visiting Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury last year

08/05/2017

There was a nine per cent increase in the number of people attending shows at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury between 1 April 2016…

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STOP THE CLOCK for Shrewsbury Museum at Night

04/05/2017
An image promoting Shrewsbury Museum at Night as part of the Museum's at Night campaign on Wednesday 17 May 2017 at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery between 4pm and 9pm.

On Wednesday 17 May 2017, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery will come to life for Museums at Night. The museum will open…

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Help choose the name of Ellesmere’s new community centre

04/05/2017
the mere at ellesmere

Work has begun to transform the Meres Day Centre in Ellesmere into a new community centre for the town. The new centre…

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An Antarctic experience is coming soon at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery

25/04/2017
Emperor penguins at the forefront of their colony with snow covered mountains and blue skies in Antarctica

On Monday 5 June 2017, “Antarctica: Life in a hostile land”, is coming to Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery. This new exhibition…

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Cheaper energy on the way under Shropshire Council partnership with SSE

25/04/2017

Shropshire residents can now take advantage of lower energy prices – and energy-saving advice – thanks to a partnership between Shropshire Council…

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